ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 122640
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| Date: | Tuesday 29 August 1961 |
| Time: | c. 13:25 LT |
| Type: |  Republic F-84F Thunderstreak |
| Owner/operator: | Armée de l'Air |
| Registration: | 28796 |
| MSN: | |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Vallée Blanche, Chamonix -
 France
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | BA Luxeuil-les-Bains/EC2/4 |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Hit and cut through the cable of cable way Chamonix (France)-Courmayeur (Italy) while flying through a valley too low. Two cabins crashed. A german family of four from Hamburg (Rudolf & Hanna Bormann, Volker (12), Giesela (14)) and two italian tourists were killed. Hptm Ziegler landed safely at Luxeuil AB and was arrested.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 30.8.1961
Drames Aeriens Haute-Savoie
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 21-May-2011 10:19 | TB | Added |
| 22-May-2011 11:47 | TB | Updated [Date, Time, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Location, Country, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 22-May-2011 12:02 | TB | Updated [Time, Operator] |
| 22-May-2011 12:30 | TB | Updated [Operator, Narrative] |
| 12-Jul-2020 14:01 | TB | Updated [Operator] |
| 20-Oct-2020 06:53 | TB | Updated [Registration, Departure airport, Source, Damage] |
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